单选题 Which of the following, if presented as the first sentence of a succeeding paragraph, would most logically continue the discussion presented in the passage?

• (A) The influence of volcanic eruptions on global weather patterns is almost completely understood at present.
• (B) Scientists have only begun to understand, however, the effects of these wavelengths of light on the global environment.
• (C) The majority of global cooling effects have thus been attributed to volcanic explosions.
• (D) The human warming activities ameliorate by volcanic eruptions include those produced both by heavy industry and agriculture.
• (E) The reason that sulfate aerosols take an unusually large time to disperse owes primarily to meteorological factors, including the jet stream.